Scholarships at University of Worcester

University of Worcester EU and non-EU graduates who have successfully completed a BA, BSc or LLB award and then move on to a full-time Masters, or Masters students who progress to a full-time MPhil or PhD course, will receive a 20% reduction in their tuition fees if they apply without the help of an agent. 

Family/Sibling bursary is available to the sibling, spouse or child of someone who is either currently studying on, or has graduated from, a full-time course at the University of Worcester. The eligible applicants will receive a 15% discount on their tuition fees if they apply without the help of an agent. 

In partnership with the British Council and the GREAT Britain Campaign, University of Worcester is offering 2 scholarships to students in Kenya and Turkey applying for one-year postgraduate courses.

The GREAT Scholarships 2025 programme, launched by the British Council together with 71 UK universities, supports postgraduate students to access world class UK higher education opportunities.

The scholarship programme offers financial support of a minimum of £10,000 to students pursuing one-year postgraduate study in the UK.

The GREAT Scholarships are jointly funded by University of Worcester with the UK government’s GREAT Britain Campaign and the British Council.

The scholarship offered are as follows:

• £10,000 towards tuition fees for one-year master’s programmes to students from Kenya & Turkey who will enrol into University of Worcester in September 2025.

Applicants who have applied for distance learning programmes are not eligible.

The GREAT scholarship cannot be combined with any other scholarship or bursary.  

Eligibility

• Applicants must be passport holders of Kenya, or Turkey and assessed as international for fees purpose.

• For September 2025 entry, applicants must have applied, accepted a place and met all the conditions of their offer by 31 May 2025.

• Applicants must not be in receipt of any other source of funding from an external funding body.

Application deadline 31 May 2025

Depending on your academic achievement you are automatically awarded a scholarship on full-time programmes, please see the table below for more information. 

Depending on your academic achievement you are automatically awarded a scholarship on full-time programmes, please see the table below for more information. 

If you have an outstanding international record of achievement in a particular sport then you may be eligible for a sports scholarship at Worcester.

Our Sports Scholarships

At Worcester we are committed to supporting elite and talented sports performers who are dedicated to both sporting and academic success.  We encourage applications from students working as part of an elite athlete pathway, representing at senior or junior national or international competitions, or working towards elite athlete pathway status.  We will support you to combine your studies alongside elite sport.  We are proud of our dual career accredited status with Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) and our partnership with UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) for Clean Sport in Higher Education

Our sports scholarships are available for international level athletes in team or individual sports, with support packages including strength and conditioning, sports therapy, gym membership, nutrition, sports psychology, an identified athlete lifestyle advisor, pastoral workshops and a University of Worcester sports clothing bundle.

The scholarship application process for the 2025/26 academic year is open now.  The application form will be live until Saturday 31 May 2025.  Applicants with an outstanding international record of achievement in a particular sport are encouraged to apply.  You can expect to hear an outcome on your application by Friday 11 July 2025.

Sport Scholarship Pathways

Once you've applied for the sports scholarship scheme your application will be reviewed by our panel.  If you are successful you'll be placed on one of our two pathways: Sport Dual Career Scholarship (Tier 1) or Sport Emerging Dual Career Scholarship (Tier 2).

Sport Dual Career Scholarship (Tier 1)

As part of this pathway you'll receive:

• Individual strength and conditioning

• Individualised sports therapy and injury prevention

• Lifestyle advisor and academic support

• Performance analysis access

• University of Worcester clothing bundle

• Gym membership

• Anti-doping education

• Financial support

• Sports psychology support

• Nutritional support

• Fitness testing

Sport Emerging Dual Career Scholarship (Tier 2)

As part of this pathway you'll receive:

• Individual strength and conditioning

• Access to sports therapy clinic

• Lifestyle advisor

• Performance analysis access

• University of Worcester clothing bundle

• Gym membership

• Anti-doping education

• Financial support

• Sports nutrition and sports psychology 

Sport Performance Programme

We value and celebrate high performance sport at the University of Worcester and recognise teams making significant progress in BUCS as well as having strong links with local high performance clubs.  Students wishing to pursue high performance sport whilst at university can engage in the performance programme in the sports listed below.

To achieve these aims we work closely with the Students' Union and our performance teams regularly compete at the top levels of BUCS competitions

Our sport teams

We have University of Worcester sport teams in the following sports:

• Basketball

• Cricket

• Football

• Netball

• Rugby

• Wheelchair Basketball

Athletes who are part of performance programme squads have access to provision which aims to support athletes and teams in achieving their goals.  This provision includes: performance coaching, strength and conditioning, fitness profiling, sport psychology profiling, nutrition, sports therapy clinics, access to ice baths and recovery sessions and performance playing kit, as well as a comprehensive student athlete education workshop pathway.

A 15% study abroad scholarship is available to International (non-EU) students from a partner University studying an undergraduate full-time course for one year or one semester.